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\nAs of January 2024, the United States grew by about 400,000 square miles of territory or larger than the state of Texas. This was done under a little known United Nations policy called the Extended Continental Shelf. So why has the...\nAs of January 2024, the United States grew by about 400,000 square miles of territory or larger than the state of Texas. This was done under a little known United Nations policy called the Extended Continental Shelf. So why has the United States grown so much, what do they plan to do with all their new territory, and why would the country want to much land if it's all underwater anyways?\n
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\nGeography By Geoff\n\n
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2024
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water, rights, resources, area, countries
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